DT 9-10 / 2022

Swedish coalition deal rolls back aid, intensifies discord over aid policy

Swedish development policy has become a hotly contested issue since the new government alliance abolished the 1 per cent of GNI aid target and drastically changed aid priorities. A key question is: how much lower could the Swedish aid level sink?

News December 31, 2022

End of a rocky year for Swedish aid

NGO leaders describe the SEK 13.8 billion roll back in Swedish aid to fund refugees from Ukraine last...

December 31, 2022

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Indigenous groups in Guyana raise alarm over historic issuance of carbon credits by Norwegian-funded certifier

The government of Guyana has been issued 33 million tonnes worth of forest carbon credits by ART, a certifier...

News December 23, 2022

Evaluation: Big Pharma shies away from CEPI due to equitable access requirements

The Oslo-based vaccine initiative CEPI has over a few short years grown into a “credible and prominent...

News December 19, 2022

Local humanitarian actors still poorly funded. After 7 years, UN agencies and NGOs hold tight to donor funds

Direct funding to local NGOs has not increased despite a global pandemic, Black Lives Matter, and seven...

News December 15, 2022

New Danish centrist government opens for a more consensus-driven aid policy

A historic Red-Blue government has taken office in Denmark, pledging to hammer out a new development...

News December 15, 2022

ODA must evolve, but cautiously, says the new guardian of OECD aid Carsten Staur

Carsten Staur, the newly appointed Chair of the OECD’s aid watchdog DAC, says there is huge pressure...

News December 09, 2022